GRANDEE 
LELAND STANFORD—I. D. Brilliant cardinal red, the Stanford University color. The best and 
brightest big red is our claim for this new introduction. Throughout the flower the color is 
clear, glistening, bright red without shadings, and best of all it does not fade the least in very 
hot weather. The petalage is of a heavy velvet-like texture, unusual in a bright red, and 
fashioned to withstand difficult conditions. We have had flowers measuring 14 inches in 
diameter and several of our customers have reported blooms of equal size. The accompanying 
picture shows the proportionate depth. The plant is of medium to tall growth with strong stem 
stalks and good foliage. It is an exceptionally free bloomer and an early bloomer. In many 
respects this dahlia possesses many of the fine characteristics of its yellow predecessor, 
“California Idol”. Best 25 blooms at the San Mateo Garden Fiesta and one of the Best 12 
Californians at both San Francisco and Los 
Angeles.$7.50 
MAY DAY — Inf. Dec. Rosy pink lightly touched 
with gold. A variety of medium size that is 
an exceedingly prolific bloomer. Pleasing 
formation and excellent coloring that every¬ 
one loves. It will never win as the largest 
flower in the show but with a few plants it 
would not be hard to have a vase or basket 
of 12 or even 25. At the California Flower 
Festival, where our display was awarded the 
First Prize, a large bowl of this dahlia com¬ 
bined with the maroon colored blooms of 
Domino was a novel arrangement and one 
that attracted a great deal of attention. Cer¬ 
tificate of Merit at Storrs.$1.50 
MISS GLORY — S. C. Apricot-yellow. “A dream” 
and “a delight” is the reaction of our cus¬ 
tomers to this dahlia. The accompanying 
illustrations depict its fine form and the soft, 
mellow color is quite entrancing. What Cali¬ 
fornia Idol is in the yellow decorative class 
this is to the yellow cactus. It is massive in 
size, yet an extremely refined flower in every 
sense. A free and an early bloomer with 
perfect stems. At Storrs Trial Gardens it 
received a Certificate of Merit with a score 
of 86, being the largest semi-cactus and with¬ 
in one of the highest score. A winner of many 
major prizes in various parts of the country 
this year. This is a real dahlia with a future. 
The following extracts concerning Miss Glory 
are taken from the 1936 Honor Rolls: From 
J. T. Johnston’s very excellent review in 
House Beautiful: “This new one is a very 
large semi-cactus, adding another fine dahlia 
to this type for the year. The color is a soft 
MISS GLORY 
GRANDEE—I.D. Light nopal red shaded orange 
yellow. We have had reports of this dahlia 
having been grown over 16 inches. One 
man in Southern California writes that he 
had a bloom of Grandee over 16 inches 
by actual measurement and that it was 
not a terminal flower. There were three 
other flowers on the bush at the same 
time, all of which were very large. It has 
won as the largest flower in a number of 
shows, such as Portland, Ore., the Los 
Angeles and Long Beach shows, and pre¬ 
viously at the California Flower Festival. 
In 1933 it received the Achievement 
Medal at San Francisco and the same year 
was described by Mr. Hart in his Roll of 
Honor as follows: “ ‘Great’ is indeed the 
right adjective to use here. A very large 
flower of a striking combination of Span¬ 
ish red and golden yellow. ... It has 
individuality.” Grandee is a model exhi¬ 
bition dahlia. Height of plant is about 
4 feet. A free and early bloomer. The 
accompanying photograph will give you 
some idea of its appearance.$1.50 
